Vicky Davis: 1 book
Myth Making in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia
Remembering World War II in Brezhnev’s Hero City
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The 1943 battle to free the Soviet Black Sea port of Novorossiisk from German occupation was fought from the beach head of Malaia zemlia, where the young Colonel Leonid Brezhnev saw action. Despite widespread scepticism of the state's appropriation and inflation of this historical event, the heroes...
